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Application file d spin 9, 1920. swarm;- 3723557 2 To all whom. it may canoe/'11:!"

Be it known that I,WILLIAM J. MoCoLLoM,

citizen of theUnited States, and resident of.

the touching or handling of the ashes by a shovel or any other means, and after the screening the ashes can be thrown away or dumped in an ash barrel and the cinders put in a receptacle or back in the coal bin.

In ash 'pans in general use the ashes have to be shoveled or emptied in the screen, whether the screen is of the revolving type or the ordinary sieve, and this always causes a lot of dust and dirt however careful the operator may be.

To obviate this dust and dirt I have constructed, the ash pan as hereafter described.

The device consists of two members, the upper member is placed in a stove or furnace beneath the grate and the top is left open to receive the ashes dropping on the screen therein.

The slide in its place beneath the screen retains the dust and ashes, which drop through, from spilling, when the pan is taken out of the stove.

In the accompanying drawing:

Figure 1 represents a perspective view of my invention without the slide. Fig.2 is an end view of the upper pan. Fig. 3 is a side view of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a plan of the same upper pan. Fig. 5 is an end view of the lower member. Fig. 6 is a side view of Fig.

i 5. Fig. 7 is a plan of the same. Figs. 8, 9,

10 are three views of the slide.

In the drawings similar numerals refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

The bottom member 2 has its upper edges 3 wire bound and in the front there is a depression 13 and ridges 15 which support the upper pan 1, otherwise the lower receptacle is plain on its inside.

On the outside of the lower pan 2 there are two handles 14. one on each end; and rollers 17 are secured to the bottom of t p r the; purposecfwsliding; the pan iback 'and forth in screening the ashes.

Theupper pan 1 consists of a body with its two long sides flared or flanged as indicated by 4 for the purpose of receiving the cover 7.

A screen 5 is secured on supports 11 near the bottom of pan 1 and beneath thesupports 11, there are similar supports 18, for holding a slide 7, the same slide as mentioned above or a duplicate of it. p

In the front part of the pan 1 correspond ing with the slide supports there is a slotted opening 6 for receiving the slide 7.

The lower pan 2 has its upper front part I dropped down as shown by 13, to permit the slide 7 to enter the opening in the upper pan when the pans are together.

The upper pan also has two handles 10 one on the front and the other on the'back end, to be used for carrying and shaking.

mama se a 13 7152 1 The upper pan 1 with the screen in it, is i let down in the lower pan 2 resting on'the supports or projections 15.

The pans fit snugly in each other so that no dust can pass between them.

The upper pan is placed in the stove or.

furnace beneath the grate, and the slide 7 is inserted in the opening 6 in the bottom of the upper pan, and pushed back its full length.

The ashes from the fire are dropped ordumped in the pan 1 on the screen 5 and the slide in place retains all the dust which might drop through the screen the slide 7 is not removed until the two pans are put together for the purpose of sifting the ashes.

Inside the pan 1 beneath the screen thereis an inclined piece 9 in sliding contact with the slide 7 which cleans the dust from the I slide when it is drawn out. a

When the pan 1 is taken out of the stove I and placed in the pan 2 the slide 7 is withthe sake of convenience,

Having thus described my invention What low said sieve, and an imperforated slide I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patadapted to fit and slide in either of said ent is: slideways. 7

An ash sifter consisting of a lower recep r V Signed at Paterson in the county of Pas- 5 tacle and an upper receptacle adapted to be" saic and State of New Jersey this 22d day 15 seated in the upper part of said lower of'March A. D. 1920.

receptacle, a sieve in the lower part of said WILLIAM J. MOCOLLOM; upper receptacle, similar slideways, one at Witnesses: the top of said upper receptacle and another H. I. TERHUNE,

10 in the bottom of said upper receptacle be S. IDA TERHUNE. 

